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Network with 2 servers?

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  • Networking
  • Windows Server
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows 7
  • Servers
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March 6, 2014 7:04:45 PM

Hello everyone,

I am new to setting up a network etc.
I have to setup a network, because I will get a Cisco training for the firewall. The training requires me to setup a network. So I want to use setup a test network for this

I have 2 servers.
- Server1 -- Windows Server 2008 x64 R2 SP1 Standard Edition
- Server2 -- Windows Server 2008 x64 R2 SP1 Standard Edition
- Client1 (Engineering) Desktop -- Windows 7 x64bits Ultimate
- Client2 Desktop - Windows 7 x64bits Ultimate
- 1 Network Switch (24 port)

How I set this network up.
I found a video of how to setup a network with 1 server and 1 client. Already studied this.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjW4NSadIM8)

My clients and servers are already pre-installed by Dell.

System models are:
2x Servers: Dell PowerEdge T620
2x Clients: OptiPlex 9020 Mini Tower

The systems I use are for a customer of us. I only need to setup a test network for the Cisco training. How I set this up. Does a Cisco Firewall setup requires the network to have internet access btw?

Please I hope anyone can help me


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March 6, 2014 7:17:05 PM

too funny, you are doing Cisco training and they did not give you a guide to requirements?
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March 6, 2014 7:53:32 PM

I don't need a guide of requirements, I need a guide on how to setup up a network like this.

My firewall I need to setup at the customer is a firewall between their office network and the engineering network. So there is no internet connection directly to the engineering network. The Engineering network I need to setup, and I need guidance on that :) 
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March 7, 2014 8:22:50 PM

router/firewall--- Switch--- Server1
__________________|--Server2
__________________|--Desktop1
__________________|--Desktop2

Set the customer router with the port going to the training network in its own Group and separate DHCP (or not if Server is acting as DHCP, then set Default gateway to the Router) What else? I can think of lots of permutations... was why I asked what the training requirements were...
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March 7, 2014 10:17:26 PM

This all depends on which cert you are planning on getting. Most Cisco certs deal with subnetting and super netting so you will probably want at least one router and two separate LANs for your to computers and servers. Then setup a private network for each and connect them through the routers. I suggest using /24 LANs at first because the default subnet for them are 255.255.255.0 and just use the 3rd octet for your subnets like 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.2.0 and connect them through your router. The you could look into subnetting or supernetting them out to get more networks vs hosts or less networks vs host. This will be the bulk of what you will see on most Cisco certs.
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March 8, 2014 4:37:14 AM

This is likely just a list of equipment you need. They will likely have you cable it into a number of different configurations as part of the training. If for example cable it as in corroded post the firewall does nothing at all about traffic between these devices. This is the most common install when the goal is to protect from the internet. But why would there even be servers and clients when you can do nothing about it with the firewall.

I would suspect you will put the firewall between the servers and the clients but there is no way to really know without reading more about the particular course.

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